1803 - 1841
Peter Chanel, SM (12 July 1803 – 28 April 1841), born Pierre Louis Marie Chanel, was a Catholic priest, missionary, and martyr. Chanel was a member of the Society of Mary or "Marists" and was sent as a missionary to Oceania. He arrived on the island of Futuna in November 1837. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Peter Chanel has received more than 209,196 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Peter Chanel is the 1,743rd most popular religious figure (down from 1,323rd in 2019), the 2,981st most popular biography from France (down from 2,384th in 2019) and the 154th most popular French Religious Figure.
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Among religious figures, Peter Chanel ranks 1,743 out of 2,238. Before him are Anno II, Bertha of Kent, Bernward of Hildesheim, Luigi Sturzo, Charles Wesley, and Francis Hong Yong-ho. After him are George Pell, Andrew Yeom Soo-jung, Pami, Michael Czerny, Burchard of Worms, and Ingrid Vang Nyman.
1010 - 1075
HPI: 52.23
Rank: 1,737
550 - 601
HPI: 52.21
Rank: 1,738
960 - 1022
HPI: 52.21
Rank: 1,739
1871 - 1959
HPI: 52.20
Rank: 1,740
1707 - 1788
HPI: 52.19
Rank: 1,741
1906 - 2013
HPI: 52.19
Rank: 1,742
1803 - 1841
HPI: 52.17
Rank: 1,743
1941 - 2023
HPI: 52.17
Rank: 1,744
1943 - Present
HPI: 52.17
Rank: 1,745
900 BC - 800 BC
HPI: 52.15
Rank: 1,746
1946 - Present
HPI: 52.15
Rank: 1,747
950 - 1025
HPI: 52.14
Rank: 1,748
1916 - 1959
HPI: 52.13
Rank: 1,749
Among people born in 1803, Peter Chanel ranks 40. Before him are Edgar Quinet, Alexander von Nordmann, Franz Lachner, Ludwig Richter, Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps, and Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias. After him are Joseph Whitworth, Eugène Isabey, Duchess Marie Louise of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Albert Sidney Johnston, Gustaaf Wappers, and Juan Almonte. Among people deceased in 1841, Peter Chanel ranks 25. Before him are Tokugawa Ienari, Countess Claudine Rhédey von Kis-Rhéde, Bertrand Barère, Aloysius Bertrand, George Green, and Princess Augusta of Prussia. After him are Bernhard Romberg, Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz, Jean Victoir Audouin, Agustín Gamarra, Ignaz von Seyfried, and Alexander Burnes.
1803 - 1875
HPI: 53.10
Rank: 34
1803 - 1866
HPI: 53.04
Rank: 35
1803 - 1890
HPI: 53.02
Rank: 36
1803 - 1884
HPI: 52.75
Rank: 37
1803 - 1860
HPI: 52.50
Rank: 38
1803 - 1880
HPI: 52.26
Rank: 39
1803 - 1841
HPI: 52.17
Rank: 40
1803 - 1887
HPI: 52.15
Rank: 41
1803 - 1886
HPI: 51.85
Rank: 42
1803 - 1862
HPI: 51.77
Rank: 43
1803 - 1862
HPI: 51.23
Rank: 44
1803 - 1874
HPI: 51.10
Rank: 45
1803 - 1869
HPI: 50.64
Rank: 46
1773 - 1841
HPI: 55.64
Rank: 19
1812 - 1841
HPI: 55.19
Rank: 20
1755 - 1841
HPI: 55.05
Rank: 21
1807 - 1841
HPI: 54.69
Rank: 22
1793 - 1841
HPI: 54.49
Rank: 23
1780 - 1841
HPI: 53.57
Rank: 24
1803 - 1841
HPI: 52.17
Rank: 25
1767 - 1841
HPI: 51.62
Rank: 26
1758 - 1841
HPI: 50.95
Rank: 27
1797 - 1841
HPI: 50.14
Rank: 28
1785 - 1841
HPI: 49.98
Rank: 29
1776 - 1841
HPI: 49.73
Rank: 30
1805 - 1841
HPI: 49.44
Rank: 31
Among people born in France, Peter Chanel ranks 2,981 out of 6,011. Before him are Joseph Vendryes (1875), Francis Ponge (1899), Claude Gillot (1673), Léon Brunschvicg (1869), Jean-Luc Ponty (1942), and José Giovanni (1923). After him are Michel Blavet (1700), Didier Auriol (1958), Alphonse Pénaud (1850), Nicolas de Grigny (1672), Camille Guérin (1872), and Charles Angrand (1854).
1875 - 1960
HPI: 52.21
Rank: 2,975
1899 - 1988
HPI: 52.19
Rank: 2,976
1673 - 1722
HPI: 52.19
Rank: 2,977
1869 - 1944
HPI: 52.19
Rank: 2,978
1942 - Present
HPI: 52.18
Rank: 2,979
1923 - 2004
HPI: 52.18
Rank: 2,980
1803 - 1841
HPI: 52.17
Rank: 2,981
1700 - 1768
HPI: 52.17
Rank: 2,982
1958 - Present
HPI: 52.17
Rank: 2,983
1850 - 1880
HPI: 52.16
Rank: 2,984
1672 - 1703
HPI: 52.16
Rank: 2,985
1872 - 1961
HPI: 52.15
Rank: 2,986
1854 - 1926
HPI: 52.15
Rank: 2,987
Among religious figures born in France, Peter Chanel ranks 154. Before him are Eucherius of Lyon (380), Pierre Pigneau de Behaine (1741), Raël (1946), Richard Simon (1638), John Francis Regis (1597), and Bertha of Kent (550). After him are Pierre Robert Olivétan (1505), Bernard de Montfaucon (1655), Marie-Joseph Lagrange (1855), Prosper Guéranger (1805), Wolfgang Capito (1478), and Peter Julian Eymard (1811).
380 - 449
HPI: 52.56
Rank: 148
1741 - 1799
HPI: 52.42
Rank: 149
1946 - Present
HPI: 52.40
Rank: 150
1638 - 1712
HPI: 52.34
Rank: 151
1597 - 1640
HPI: 52.31
Rank: 152
550 - 601
HPI: 52.21
Rank: 153
1803 - 1841
HPI: 52.17
Rank: 154
1505 - 1538
HPI: 52.10
Rank: 155
1655 - 1741
HPI: 51.73
Rank: 156
1855 - 1938
HPI: 51.68
Rank: 157
1805 - 1875
HPI: 51.63
Rank: 158
1478 - 1541
HPI: 51.58
Rank: 159
1811 - 1868
HPI: 51.46
Rank: 160